Senate Moves Forward With Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, A Key Priority For Joe Biden
Even with a procedural vote of 67-32, the bill faces not just final approval in the Senate but buy in from the House. That’s where progressives want their deal tied to a concurrent move to pass a $3.5 trillion budget package that would expand Medicare, clean energy and child care. After the Senate vote, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he would move to bring that budget resolution to the floor.
“I was just on the phone, it looks like we reached a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure,” Biden said during a speech in Pennsylvania. The White House said that the plan would be paid for via unspent emergency relief funds, strengthening tax enforcement of crypto currencies and other measures, as well as the increased tax revenue via higher economic growth. But the plan has yet to be scored by the Congressional Budget Office, which calculates the estimated cost of legislation to the federal government.
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